Gather Place Museum, dedicated to preserving African American, Women’s, and Yardley Borough Quaker history, is marking a milestone month with statewide media recognition and a prestigious Pennsylvania journalism award.
Keystone Media Award Honor
Gather Place Museum is proud to share that Bucks County Herald writer Jacqueline M. Sofia has been awarded Second Place in the 2025 Professional Keystone Media Awards for News Feature Story for her coverage of the museum’s mission in Yardley’s Historic District. The news story can be found here.
The Keystone Media Awards, which received over 2,500 entries from 119 news organizations statewide, recognizes excellence in journalism that upholds the First Amendment, strengthens communities, and inspires continued integrity in reporting.
“This honor is not just for Gather Place Museum, but for Yardley’s history and the community we serve,” said Shirley Lee Corsey, Executive Director of Gather Place Museum. “We are grateful to Jacqueline and the Bucks County Herald for shining a light on our shared story and helping preserve the voices of our community.”
She will be joining Sofia at the Keystone Media Awards Luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel.
Statewide Recognition on PCN.TV
Gather Place Museum is featured in the Pennsylvania Cable Network’s (PCN.TV) acclaimed The African American Experience series, now permanently archived in the Commonwealth’s historical record. Filmed at its headquarters – The historic 1877 African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of Yardley, the segment traces Yardley Borough’s 343-year story—from its Quaker founders to its nearly forgotten past African American neighborhood—while highlighting the church property’s legacy ownership dating back to 1682 and its founding Yardley family. The entire PCN.TV feature can be viewed here.
This milestone also launches Gather Place Museum’s – America 250th Celebration Programs, supported by the America250PA SemiQuin Grant and Bucks County Tourism Grant. The Museum’s signature initiative—Celebrating 250 Years of Resilience in Pursuit of Liberty, Justice, and Equality™—features History Hunt For Me™, a two-hour interactive pop-up museum with life-size historic figures, clue hunts, QR-linked lessons, and live costumed history makers. Ideal for classrooms, libraries, museums, churches, and community groups.
To learn more, contact Gather Place Museum via phone at 215.595.2722, via email at [email protected], or visit its website.
